Legislative Branch 1
Leaders of the HoR and Senate?
HoR has the Speaker of the House
The Senate has the majority leader
What is a filibuster?
To stop a vote on a bill
The senate can do this
⅔ of the senate needs to vote in favor of ending it
Requirements
Natural born citizen, 35 yrs old, live in US for 14 yrs
How is a bill passed
A bill needs to be presented in the house or senate, then taken to a committee to get voted on and edited, if it passes it’ll go to the floor and get voted on there and changed if needed, then it’ll pass to the other chamber and repeat the process there, then both versions of the bill will be discussed by both chambers in the congressional committee, then a final version of the bill will be voted on and sent to the president to get the final decision.
Head of the executive branch? What article defines the executive branches powers? judiciary branch?
The president. Article 2 for the executive branch. article 3
Explain the differences between the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. United vs Divided gov? What do we have?
HoR start impeachment process, chose president if tie in the electoral college, revenue bills,
Senate approve presidential appoints, can hold a filibuster, consent and advise, approve treaties
A united gov is when the same party controls the house, senate, and president. Divided is when each chamber is controlled by a different party.
We have a divided gov
senate requirements
Senate has 100 reps, 2 for each state, 6 year terms, 30 years old, citizens for 9 years, live in the state they represent,
what is a lame duck, ordinance power, bully pulpit
end of term, doesn't rly do anything
can do executive orders
using White House platform to speak and appeal to citizens
What's a conference committee?
A committee made up by both chambers, which debates bills and other issues (a joint committee)
Hamiltons opinion in fed 70? 78?
70-need a strong president to lead the executive branch
78- judiciary branch is weak when independent, life long terms are good
Difference between committee and caucus? Conference committee vs. Standing?
A caucus is an informal group of people that share the same political views (common people)
A committee is a group of congressmen that are from different political views/parties that vote and debate bills
A standing committee is a permanent committee
A select committee is not permanent, it’s temporary.
requirements of HoR
The House of Representatives is based on population, 2 year terms, 25 years old, 7 years citizen, live in state they rep,
who is our president?
trump lol
war powers act
president cant declare/make war
how many justices r there in the Supreme Court? how long r their terms
9 and life long
What is the main job of Congress? Which Article of the Constitution defines the powers of Congress?
The main job of congress is to oversee the executive branch. Article 1 defines the powers of congress.
What is Logrolling? Pork Barrel?
I support ur bill, u support my bill
I vote for this so the people vote for me
define: Executive Order, Executive Privilege, Executive Agreement, Power of Recognition
rule that automatically has rule of law
privacy for personal matters
agreement between 2 presidents
recognizing a diff country
12th, 20, 22, 25 amendments
12- vp and pres run together
20- 4 year terms
22- only can have 2 terms
25- vp becomes president if he dies
what was the Pendleton act?
it changed to a merit system
define:
Representational view
Organizational view
Attitudinal view
vote in favor of what the ppl want in order to b reelected
vote same as their political party
vote on what THEY want
presentment clause
bill needs to b shown to the president
Chief Diplomat
Chief Legislator
Chief of State
Chief Executive
Commander in Chief
Chief Guardian of the Economy
Chief of Party
does diplomatic things w other countries
head of the legislative branch
represents the nation
head of the executive branch
head of the military
controls the econ
represents the party and elects people from their party
in the journey from bill to law, what is discharge petition
if a bill sits in a committee for more then 30 days it dies, this takes the bill out of the committee and sends it to the floor directly to prevent it from dying